duryodana

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> >> Duryodana was one of the eternal associates of the Lord and seemed to

> >> have a friendship with Balaram..What was his rasa with Krsna?

>

> >Where did you read that? He was envious of the real Vaisnavas like the

> >Pandavas. How could such a person be an eternal associate of the Lord.

> >Perhaps you mistaken. He has no rasa with Krsna. He tried to have Krishna

> >arrested in the court of Hastinapura during peace negotiations.

>

> Since he learned from Balarama how to fight, and that Balarama always took

> his side, to the extend He didn't want to help the Pandavas in the war,

> maybe there is something there.

> There are a lot of characters in Krishna book also that were demons, they

> represent different anarthas. I don't know if Duryodhana falls in the same

> category, but last time I checked you have to be quite somebody to play

> such important part in Krishna's pastimes. Look at Radheya, Duryodhana's

> best friend. He's the oldest pandava, son of Kunti and Surya. The rasa

> between him and Krishna seems pretty clear throughout Mahabharata. Maybe,

> just maybe, the whole thing with Duryodhana falls in the category of

> pastimes, which make their relationships appear differently here then in

> the eternal abodes?

 

In Garuda Purana 3.12.82-83 (Board of Scholars lead by J.L. Shastri,

[Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology 12-14,] Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass,

1982), Brahma-vaivarta Purana 6.181 and possibly elsewhere it says that

Duryodhana is a partial expansion of Kali purusa.

 

As for Sri Balarama's siding with him: Balarama is acintya. Full of apparent

contradictions. Same as Sri Siva who is His remote expansion. Another

explanation:

 

Text PAMHO:4312452 (23 lines)

Venu-pani (das) KKD (Radhadesh - B)

21-May-01 14:12

Mahamantra (das) ACBSP (Vrindavan - IN) [12944] (received:

22-May-01 01:19)

Cc: Varsabhanavi (dd) GRS (Johannesburg - SA) [2354] (forwarded:

22-May-01 01:40) (sender: Mahamantra (das) ACBSP (Vrindavan -

IN))

Cc: (Krsna) Katha [5566] (sender: Mahamantra (das) ACBSP (Vrindavan

-

IN))

Reference: Text PAMHO:4236837 by Mahamantra (das) ACBSP (Vrindavan - IN)

Comment: Text PAMHO:4315327 by Parividha (das) ACBSP (Amsterdam - NL)

Lord Balarama and Duryodhana

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Q:>One devotee who I sent Krsna Balaram katha to writes:

Q:>

Q:>> why did Lord Balaram favour Duryodhana to the

Q:>> Pandavas knowing that Duryodhana was evil and not righteous? He often

Q:>> sided with Duryodhana as I recall in the Mahabharata

Q:>

Q:>ys MMDASBR

 

Dear Mahamantra Prabhu, please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !

 

By Lord Balarama's grace, I got nice prayer and kavaca of Lord Baladeva.

 

They are from Garga-samhita, spoken by Pradvipaka Muni in reply to

Duryodhana's requests.

 

So the answer to above question might be that Duryodhana got mercy from

Pradvipaka Muni, and then Lord Baladeva's favor as result of chanting these

prayers to Lord Baladeva...

 

 

Your humble servant,

Venu-pani das

(Text PAMHO:4312452) ------

 

Your servant, bh. Jan

 

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